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Mission GENA-OT
November 2025: The Bundeswehr in Space. Innovative. Fast. Strategic. University of the Bundeswehr Munich Launches Innovative GENA-OT Satellite Mission – A Milestone for German Spaceflight and Technological Sovereignty. GENA-OT is a precursor mission designed to demonstrate advanced space technologies using hosted payloads on a 16U CubeSat. Operating in Low Earth Orbit, the mission provides a…
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NPS & SeRANIS – First steps towards Shared Use of the MC3 network
As a Recurring Visiting Professor, Andreas Knopp once again attended the Space Systems Academic Group of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in California. This time, the focus was on the small satellite project SeRANIS. Experts from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), who recently completed the successful launch of the small satellite MOLA, were involved in…
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The new era of Space Commercialization. Satellites in the geopolitical Chess Game
Read the free publication by SeRANIS project head Prof. Dr. Andreas Knopp and Prof. Dr. Rafaela Kraus. The policy paper for the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung addresses Europe’s role in the commercialization of space and the associated geopolitical challenges and opportunities. The focus is on satellite technologies as a decisive factor in Europe’s ability to act. The authors call for…
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The future of connectivity: B5G/6G demonstrator from SeRANIS at the WSA
SeRANIS PhD students present a B5G/6G demonstrator at the WSA that heralds the future of wireless communication. The “27th International Workshop on Smart Antennas” (WSA 2024) took place at the TUD Dresden University of Technology from March 17 to 19, 2024. There, SeRANIS PhD students Diego Tuzi, Phoebe Agbo and Sertaç Övünç Kaya presented a…
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CDR Review confirms: “SeRANIS shows a promising path to establishing a Space Innovation Hub in Germany.”
Neubiberg, 14.03.2024: On March 13 and 14, 2024, the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the SeRANIS project took place with the project management and the top-class CDR expert panel from the Bundeswehr and space research. During this event, the SeRANIS team was able to demonstrate its innovative and sustainable design. With a particularly high number…
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The Importance of Space Systems for the Future
February 15, 2024: The New Space Symposium of the BDI’s New Space Initiative, chaired by Matthias Wachter, took place for the third time in the run-up to the Munich Security Conference. During the symposium, the strategic importance of space was discussed with more than 100 representatives from the New Space ecosystem. In addition to the…
